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Found loads of photos of my car from my trip to the Nordschleife this weekend (45 of them so far). Just need to decide which ones to buy. Here's a small selection:

Also got to do a couple of fast passenger laps in a friend's Lotus Exige S2. This guy has over 500 laps under his belt and can really drive!

8'03 wasn't with me in the car by the way, I'm too fat and would slow him down too much!

Akagi · 24 Jul 2018 at 08:24

He'll be chasing a 7:59 now then.

Havana_UK · 24 Jul 2018 at 08:54

He already is! You can see it's easily achievable considering how much time he lost behind slower cars. I would say he could manage 7:50 with the car as it is.

crinkleshoes · 24 Jul 2018 at 09:40

I’m chasing 7:30 when I’m there at the end of Aug... only 11 laps under my belt so far

Havana_UK · 24 Jul 2018 at 09:44

crinkleshoes said:
I’m chasing 7:30 when I’m there at the end of Aug... only 11 laps under my belt so far

Don't chase it too hard! Booking any instruction? Apex seem quite reasonable, around €100 / lap, less if you book multiple laps or half/full days.

adam cool dude · 24 Jul 2018 at 10:32

Havana_UK said:
Don't chase it too hard! Booking any instruction? Apex seem quite reasonable, around €100 / lap, less if you book multiple laps or half/full days.

Bah if he bins it. He can afford it. YOLO

Havana_UK · 24 Jul 2018 at 11:28

If he bins it badly dropping coolant/oil over the track and 5 cars wreck behind him, can he afford that?

That's what happened with the 675LT that dropped its fluid over the track causing approx. €1m of damage in the following cars!

Captain · 24 Jul 2018 at 11:35

Why do they let cars on so often? Why not space them out every 5-6 minutes so cars aren’t being held up by slower drivers?

I know they are there to make money and as much as possible but it must be frustrating paying to do a fast lap and being held up by someone who’s still a beginner.

-westy- · 24 Jul 2018 at 12:03

Clov!s said:
Why do they let cars on so often? Why not space them out every 5-6 minutes so cars aren’t being held up by slower drivers?

I know they are there to make money and as much as possible but it must be frustrating paying to do a fast lap and being held up by someone who’s still a beginner.

Because it's a tourist day, you're not "supposed

" to be there to chase times.

Havana_UK · 24 Jul 2018 at 12:03

Do you know how many cars go....? On Sunday they had approx. 150 cars on track at once at the busiest time, but even that's not mega busy. 50 cars on track and you could probably do a lap without even seeing another car.

If you spaced 150 cars out at 5 minutes each that would take 12 1/2 hours for those 150 to drive their laps!

I wasn't going especially quickly, but even at the busiest times I was only passed by maybe 10 cars during the whole lap, and maybe passed 2 or 3 myself during the same time.

timmeh · 24 Jul 2018 at 13:35

crinkleshoes said:
Pictures just came through from Spa & Zolder Some really cool ones IMO.

Spa:

RMA18H_0936 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18H_0044 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18H_0871 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18H_1080 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18G_0093 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18J_8098 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

Zolder:

RMA18M_8114 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18M_8229 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18M_8218 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18L_0968 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

RMA18L_1000 by CosmicLogos, on Flickr

I’d imagine Zolder was probably the more fun track for that car wasn’t it? Zolder’s up there as one of my favourite tracks. I’ve only seen it on sims though

ChrisD. · 24 Jul 2018 at 14:14

The ring is crap now compared to 10+ years ago. Well not crap but not a patch on what it was.

Havana_UK · 24 Jul 2018 at 14:32

ChrisD. said:
The ring is crap now compared to 10+ years ago. Well not crap but not a patch on what it was.

My first visit was only 4 years ago as that was as a passenger only. What's changed so much for you to have that opinion?

Firestar_3x · 24 Jul 2018 at 15:11

Over commercialisation and subsequently too many people going.

Simon · 24 Jul 2018 at 16:02

Hardly crap. Just have to pay more for the same experience.

TF days prob ‘crap’ but I’ve never been on one so wouldnt know.

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